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Topic: Free "Tracktion" download, check it out. |
Travis Bernhardt
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Posted 9 Dec 2004 4:11 pm |
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It's at: Mackie, and the offer expires at the end of the month.
If you're looking for a program for recording you could do a lot worse. It's a fully functional free download of a really good sequencer. The only limitation is that you can't upgrade it, or use it to get the upgrade price when Tracktion 2 comes out.
Combine it with the free VST effects and instruments available all over the web (try KvR to start) and you've got yourself a perfectly good computer recording setup, for free (provided you have some sort of input into your computer--although you can still make backup tracks with it without an audio input).
I've been using it to beef up my Band-in-a-Box tracks by loading them as midi files into Tracktion, swapping out the thin midi sounds for samples, applying a bit of reverb or what have you where appropriate, and saving the output as a wav file. Makes a big difference.
I highly recommend you check it out, if you're looking for a budget way to get into computer music. It's easy to use, too.
-Travis[This message was edited by Travis Bernhardt on 09 December 2004 at 04:13 PM.] |
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Terry Sneed
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Posted 9 Dec 2004 4:50 pm
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Combine it with the free VST effects and instruments available all over the web (try KvR to start) and you've got yourself a perfectly good computer recording setup, for free (provided you have some sort of input into your computer--although you can still make backup tracks with it without an audio input).
Travis, would it be to much to ask if you would explain how to use this program to make back up tracks? I know nothin about recording from the computer, but would love to learn how to make back up tracks. Thanks
Terry
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Travis Bernhardt
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 11 Dec 2004 3:01 pm
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Well, the easy way is just to buy Band-in-a-Box and learn a few of its basic functions.
The harder, but cheaper (in fact, free) way is to download that Tracktion program, download midi files for the songs you want (assuming they're available free on the net; most classic country songs are), load them into tracktion, strip out the melody track, assign appropriate virtual instruments to the remaining tracks, adjust volumes and apply any effects or processing, and output.
For more specific instructions, get the program, see if it works on your computer, pick a song you want to make a rhythm track for, and then reply here when you get stuck.
Good luck!
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Terry Sneed
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Arkansas,
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Posted 12 Dec 2004 6:53 pm
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Thanks Travis, but I think I'll pass 
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Zum D10 /8x5 / session 500rd
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